Caradian concentration camps

Caradian justice most oftenly sentences those convicted of crime to be punished by "serving the state", which means the convicts are placed in camps spaced throughout the eastern portions of Caradia to be worked in mines, quarries, farms, and plantations that support the Caradian state. Most often, these camps are controlled and owned by the CIC, which was given license by the Caradian crown to utilise these camps as free labour for their enterprises, thus allowing the CIC to produce goods at low prices. The camps are also partially controlled by the Church of the Black Flame, which sent ministers and evangelists to these camps in an effort to convert the convicts back to the light of the Black Flame. As such, every tenth day is a mandatory day of no work, when the Flemic representatives (who usually construct makeshift shrines near the camps) evangelise to the convicts, and discipline those who show no growth. While the effectiveness of using the free labour generated by this system can hardly be called useless, the official reason for this punishment is to encourage convicts to return to normalcy under the supreme Caradian state.

The sentences in these camps are almost always life sentences. However, the function of these camps is such that one can leave the camp by being tested by the Flemic evangelists that reside there. Naturally, this is a very popular choice. The tests consist of tests of Flemic morality, loyalty, academic knowledge, and aptitude of battle, not unlike the tests faced by Flemic clerics. The tests are brutal, and can only be accomplished by those who have intricate knowledge of Flemic doctrine, and who possess a "heart hardened against temptation", as said by the Flemic evangelists. Those who pass are awarded with a hard limit on their sentence, usually somewhere in the range of an additional ten to fifteen years after they pass the tests. An alternative to this sentence is, once they have passed the tests, they can choose to be enlisted in the White Vanguard Unit, a portion of the Caradian military that employs the prisoners at its lower levels. If one serves in the White Vanguard Unit until death or old age, they are considered morally redeemed in the eyes of Caradia and the Flemic church.